Huston
Boy · HYOO-stun · Scottish
Huston is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “Hugh's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Huston mean?
Scottish: variant of Houston, a place-name surname
“Hugh's settlement”
Film director John Huston, of The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen, was a famous bearer of the surname.
- Say it
- HYOO-stun
Is Huston a girl's or a boy's name?
Huston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Huston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Huston, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 60 boys.
Half of all the boys named Huston in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 412 boys in the US were given Huston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #636, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Houston 402
- Huston 10
Huston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,627 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 23 | #1,543 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,070 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,334 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,056 |
| 1936 | 41 | #972 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 45 | #942 |
| 1933 | 41 | #995 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,198 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,111 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1929 | 53 | #923 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,041 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,010 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,045 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1922 | 60 | #891 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1919 | 49 | #959 |
| 1918 | 52 | #918 |
| 1917 | 49 | #909 |
| 1916 | 49 | #892 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,181 |
| 1914 | 33 | #967 |
| 1913 | 26 | #969 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 18 | #758 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | 14 | #699 |
| 1906 | 15 | #613 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
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